Summer Mersinger Leaps From CFTC to Lead Blockchain Association Amid Crypto Unity Push

Summer Mersinger has begun a new chapter as CEO of the Blockchain Association after serving as a CFTC commissioner. She has urged united pro-crypto efforts across Congress, the executive branch and regulators, and will outline priorities at the Association’s Washington Summit Series on June 5.
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Consensys Buys Web3Auth’s 50M-User Tech – Is MetaMask About to Change?

Consensys has acquired Web3Auth, a Singapore-based wallet authentication provider. MetaMask users will soon open and recover wallets via social logins and device methods, lowering seed-phrase failures and giving developers embedded wallet options for gaming, social and finance apps.
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$BNB Rockets 19% in May – Can SEC Win & ETF Hype Propel It to $2K?

$BNB has risen 19% in May, confronting resistance near $732. Meanwhile, BNB Chain has posted a record $12.4 billion in 24 h DEX volume, tripling Ethereum and Solana combined. Alongside a recent SEC filing and ETF interest, analysts have projected an advance toward $793.
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France’s Crypto Kidnap Crisis: 25 Indicted Over Mutilation and Million-Euro Ransom Horror

French investigators have charged 25 suspects after a string of crypto kidnapping plots targeting Paymium’s CEO, a poker player’s family, and other high-value holders. Delivery-van disguises, €7 m ransoms and finger mutilation show rising physical danger for crypto wealth worldwide.
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